April 30, 2013
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The Daily News
1 WHUH-Oh!2 I accidentally slept through the night.
3 Insomniacs can't do that.
4 We are used to dogs awakening us at odd hours.
5 We are used to odd movies flickering before our eyes in the middle of the night.
6 We are used to splitting our hours up so that we get plenty of sleep, yet remain productive.
7 We are used to having left-over coffee heated up in the microwave, or even icing it down and then serving it up
with creamer.8 We are used to living like grad-school students.
9 I went to sleep WAY early last night and got NINE hours of sleep.
10 This was following a twelve-hour work day in which I never stopped, drank eight glasses of Crystal Light, ate a salad shake
containing tons of veggies and some soy milk, and did every healthy thing one is supposed to do.11 And I'm suddenly up and perky.
12 I don't know if I can face this.
13 I think what happened was that the dog had a nice day, and therefore a nice night.
14 She didn't have her usual night terrors that she might not get fed.
15 She was as relaxed as was I.
16 Works for me.
17 Moving on, Part One: The only drawback to getting a full night's sleep is that I wasn't able to waste time on
this nonsense.18 The survival of the DN depends heavily on the fact that a) I am a hopeless insomniac, and b) I am a borderline neurotic.
19 You remove one of those two things, and I am a healthy, happy person.
20 I can't have that.
21 Life without neurosis? ARE YOU KIDDING ME???
22 Anybody looking?
23 I decided long ago that I'm not happy unless I have something annoying me.
24 This happiness thing is pretty new.
25 Just sayin'.
26 Moving on, Part Two: Just sayin'.
27 That's what people say when they think their opinion is the right opinion.
28 Just sayin'.
29 That implies that whoever is listening will agree with them.
30 "Well, you make a good point. I do think your argument that we should rid the world of puppies will save all of us
from being attacked by older dogs has some merit."31 Just sayin'.
32 Moving on, Part the Thoid. When did we turn this stupid?
33 I'm thoroughly convinced it was when school districts decided to burn all the grammar books.
34 Just sayin'.
35 <looking around>
36 Anybody lookin'?
37 fjaffjsafj;lkfafjsafsj;lfdsafjsdk.
38 Ever do that?
39 You're writing with a deadline, and then you hear a bird chirping outside, for example.
40 For a second, you envy the bird.
41 Bird doesn't have deadlines.
42 They just chill in trees, and then dive bomb worms, or Jack-in-the-Box bags.
43 I just heard the bird and rattled off the keyboard keys.
44 Bird caused that.
45 Not my fault really.
46 It was a natural reaction to the fact that the bird is free, and I am up against a ridiculous deadline.
47 Moving on, Part the Next: Why do I suddenly feel like having a Jack breakfast?
48 Oh.
49 I ate WAY healthily last night and my body must be rejecting it.
50 Anybody looking?
51 Yeesh.
52 Somehow I reached my goal of getting a DN off with absolutely no time.
53 Multi-tasker over here.
54 So I'm gonna get out while the gettin's good.
55 Have a GREAT Tuesday, if there is such a thing.
56 See you again.
57 Peace.
~H~
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